Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
A SENSATIONAL MURDER.
MR.. JOSEPH G. G.. KENNEDY STAB
BED AND FATALLY WOUND
ED ON THE STREET.

this afternoon about ) o'clock, at
the corner of Fifteenth street and
New York avenue, by John Daily,
a notorious character, who was rc-
leased from the wOrkhOuse only
this morning. Mr.. Kennedy had
an Office on Fifteenth street, ad
Joining Riggs & Co.'s Bank, where
he carried on law business, and
acted as the Washington agent
for numerous national banks
throughout the country. He had
Just finished his days work, closed
his office, and went across to the
corner of Fifteenth street and New
York avenue to deposit his days
correspondence in the letter-bOx.
AS he turned away from the letter.
box Daily, who, it appears, had been
lurking around Mr.. Kennedy's Of
flee all day and followed the old
gentleman over to the corner,
sprang upon his victim and buried
a long. bladed knife into his bowels,
and then gave it a jerk sidewise.
A large crowd was on the corner
at the time, including many clerks
in the government departments,
but they were all so hOrror.Stricken
that for a moment nobody moved.
Mr.. Kennedy fell to the ground,
and after giving one cry of "Mur'
der y groaned deeply and pointed
to his murderer, who made no at
tempt to escape. At this moment
Henry Mason, Il colored watchman
in the Safe Deposit Building, on
the opposite corner, hearing the
cry, ran out and supported the
wounded man as best he could
The knife dropped out of Mr. Ken
nedy's side at this instant, and
Mason resigned the care Of the
murdered man to a physician, who
had come up. Mason then seized
| Daily, who had stood looking on,
apparently the most unconcerned
and selfpossessed manin the crowd,
which had until now held alOOf as
If afraid to approach the murderer.
Mr.. Kennedy expired in about five
minutes.
The excitement rose rapidly and
the crowd grew boisterOus, threat
| ening to hang the murderer. DAILY
paid but little attention to them
and refused 20 say why he commit
ted the crime. Once, when pro.
yoked by the crowd, he turned
fercely around and said Eyes, !
| killed him, damn him." The indig-
nation of the people became so
great that Policeman Salkeld, who
had taken charge of the murderer,
removed him to the drug store on the
corner, where he was kept until the
patrol wagon came up and carried
| him to the station house. lie is a
mal about 80 years of age, and ap-
parently IS a working man. AT
the statiOn.hOusD he told u ram
bling and incOherent story about
the affair, Of which the general pur'
port was that Kennedy had wrong
ed his father years ago aud had Sc
cured property worth $4,000 fol
5000 and that he refused to make
restitution.
The coroner was notified, and
at the request OF the Kennedy fam
ily the body of the dead man was
removed to his late residence. on
n street, between Twelfth and Thr
teenth streets northwest, where the
inquest Will be held tomorrow at II
o'clock.
Mr.. Kennedy was born in Mead
VILE, Pa. in 1913. His grandfatb
er was Samuel Kennedy, Of revOlu
tiOnary fame. He was educated a
the Allegheny College, and studied
law under several distinguished
/ juris.s. He at one time edited :
country newspaper in Pennsyl
vania, and at the same time de
, voted considerable attention t
e agriculture. In 1S49 he was IN
{ vited to come to Washington clt,
. to accept the secretaryship of tn
census board. 1t was he VIII,
drafted the bill which provided 70
the establishment of the censu
e bureau, to the head Of which Ii
A was soon appointed. In 1851 h
G visited Europe on special buslnes
' for this government in connection
| with cheap postage and other pos
tai matters. In 1862 he was aI
. pointed commissioner to tn
London International Exhibition
The official publications which b
| has directed, and his writings TO
the press on statistics, histOrica
q and other subjects, were alway
interesting and widely circulated
AS a man of culture and refnemen
! he has been prominent figure i
Washington society for nearly tol
ty years, and the honors he receiV
ed from the learned men of E1ropt
f as we'll as those of his own country
were numerous and deserved. II
leaves a wife and three children
1 One of his daughters is the wife d
Y Gen. Bidwell, of California, an
. she is now on the Pacific 'cOaS
The second daughter is here wit
f her mother and brother, Col. j. N
3 Kennedy.
- The murder, some persons thinl